Government Building, Kyiv
| Budynok Uryadu | |
|---|---|
Будинок Уряду | |
 The main façade of the Budynok Uryadu | |
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| Alternative names | Government Building |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Stalinist architecture |
| Location | Lypky |
| Address | 12/2 Hrushevsky Street |
| Town or city | Kiev |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°26′52.0″N 30°32′1.4″E / 50.447778°N 30.533722°E |
| Current tenants | Government of Ukraine |
| Construction started | 1936 |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Client | Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
| Owner | State, government |
| Height | 35 metres (115 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 (main) 7 or 8 (sides) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Ivan Fomin (Pavlo Abrosymov) |
Budynok Uryadu (Ukrainian: Будинок Уряду), literally the Government Building, is located in center of Kiev at Hrushevsky Street in the vicinity of Verkhovna Rada building. It serves as the administrative building for the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. From 1941 to 1954 the building was the tallest in Kiev.
Brief Description
It was built in 1936-1938 by the design of an architect Ivan Fomin and partially by an architect Pavel Abrosimov. The main half-circled facade of the building is opened towards Hrushevsky Street. It is equally partitioned by tall columns (height 2.5 metres (8.2 ft)) of Corinthian order, capitals and bases of which are made out of cast iron. The lower stories of the building are faced with big uncut blocks of a Tulchyn labradorite, while socle and portals with a polished granite. Alloy metal flagpoles and decorated gates were made in 1947.
Fate
The building at first was built on a demand of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD), while the government was supposed to be located in the building that today is occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine at Mykhailov Square. However, when the plans of the construction of government center has changed and refused for it to be located in "High City" (Verkhne misto), for the government was given the recently finished building of NKVD, the Verkhovna Rada building became situated across from it, while the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine was redesigned out the building of the Kiev Military District headquarters. All these institutions compactly moved to Lypky not accidentally. Budynok Uryadu, the National Bank of Ukraine, and Cabinet Ministers Club compose a shared court, under which as they say exists a former bunker of the Anti-Air Defense headquarter. Also there are rumors that using the underground tunnels one may end up there from the Verkhovna Rada building and the building of President's Secretariat.
Previous locations of the Government of Ukraine
- Derzhprom Complex
- Kharkiv Arts Museum